WITNESS LIST
Public Safety Committee
April  15, 2009 - 8:00 AM
HB  1906
 
    For:
Hodges, David  (Self)
 
 
Levels, Katherlene (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Wright, Tim (Texas Center for the Judiciary)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Hibbs, Rebekah (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Fair Defense Project)
 
 
 
 
HB  2093
 
    For:
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Assn's of Texas (CLEAT))
 
 
Lewis, Kathryn (Advocacy, Incorporated)
 
 
Lovelace, Joe (Texas Council of Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Centers)
 
 
Simpson, Matt (The ACLU of Texas)
 
 
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Braaten, Timothy (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education)
 
 
 
 
HB  2370
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Assn.)
 
 
Moninger, Steve (Dept Public Safety)
 
 
 
 
HB  2378
 
    For:
Davis, Jason  (Self)
 
 
DeHoyos, Adam (Wichita County Juvenile Probation Department)
 
 
Waddell, Brian (Wichita County Juvenile Probation)
 
 
Wigley, David (Crosby County Probation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Norman, Lee (Garza County)
 
 
Parsons, Niel (Wichita County Juvenile Probation Department)
 
 
Rodriguez, Pete (Wichita County Juvenile Probation Dept.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gunter, Samuel (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Segovia, Cindy (Bexar County Commissioners Court & Juvenile Probation Office)
 
 
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
 
 
HB  2798
 
    For:
Gaylor, Tom (Texas Municipal Police Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Braaten, Timothy (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards & Education)
 
 
 
 
HB  2870
 
     On:
Braaten, Timothy (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards & Education)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Assn's of Texas (CLEAT))
 
 
 
 
HB  3334
 
Against:
Martin, Laura (ACLU of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beaver, Mary (IRCOT)
 
 
Cutler, Michael  (Self and IRCOT)
 
 
Forest, Rebecca (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas
(IRCOT))
 
    For:
Gaylor, Tom (Texas Municipal Police Association)
 
 
Martinez, Maria (IRCOT)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Casso, Amy (La Fe Policy Research & Education Center)
 
 
Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF))
 
 
Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)
 
 
 
 
HB  3352
 
    For:
Herman, Guy  (Self and Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
 
 
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Assn's of Texas (CLEAT))
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Kolmer, Jessica (National Alliance for Mental Illness)
 
 
Rendon, Feliciano (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
 
 
Woods, John  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Gavin, David (Dept. of Public Safety)
 
 
 
 
HB  3385
 
    For:
Cormie, Duncan (Lifeworks, non-profit corporation)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Downs, Ben (Texas Assn  of Broadcasters)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gendron, Christine (Texas Network of Youth Services)
 
 
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
 
 
HB  3508
 
    For:
Burt, Bob (Associated Security Services & Investigators of the State of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Moninger, Steve (Dept Public Safety-Private Security Bureau)
 
 
 
 
HB  3594
 
     On:
Loockerman, Dennis (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Colfax, Edwin (The Justice Project)
 
 
Johannes, Jay (Colorado Co. Attorney's Office)
 
 
Simpson, Matt (The ACLU of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  3733
 
     On:
Childs, Hayden (Legislative Budget Board)
 
 
Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Fair Defense Project)
 
 
Simpson, Matt (The ACLU of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Hibbs, Rebekah (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
 
 
 
 
HB  3748
 
    For:
Hinckson, Andrea (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
 
 
Lovelace, Joe (Texas Council of Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Centers)
 
 
Meadours, Bruce  (Self and Family and son Bob)
 
 
Pierce, Tina  (Self and Mr. Bruce Meadours)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Kolmer, Jessica (National Alliance for Mental Illness)
 
 
Lewis, Kathryn (Advocacy, Incorporated)
 
 
Simpson, Matt (The ACLU of Texas)
 
 
Sorenson, Mike (Williamson County Sheriffs Office)
 
 
Wadge, Gyl (Mental Health America of TX)
 
    For:
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Braaten, Timothy (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards & Education)
 
 
 
 
HB  3777
 
     On:
Moninger, Steve (Dept Public Safety-Concealed Handgun Bureau)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)
 
 
Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  3875
 
     On:
Moninger, Steve (Dept. Public Safety-Concealed Handgun Bureau)
 
 
 
 
HB  3987
 
     On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
 
 
Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Herman, Guy  (Self)
 
 
Wadge, Gyl (Mental Health America of TX)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Moninger, Steve (Dept Public Safety-Concealed Handgun Licensing Bureau)
 
 
 
 
HB  4037
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Sterling, Ed (Texas Press Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Moninger, Steve (Dept. Public Safety-Concealed Handgun Bureau)
 
 
 
 
HB  4143
 
    For:
Allison, William (Texas Center For Actual Innocence)
 
 
Colfax, Edwin (The Justice Project)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Simpson, Matt (The ACLU of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bethke, James (Texas Criminal Justice Integrity Unit Task Force on Indigent Defense)
 
 
Loockerman, Dennis (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
 
 
 
 
HB  4406
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Garza, Norman (Texas Farm Bureau)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Moninger, Steve (Dept Public Safety-Concealed Handgun Licensing)
 
 
 
 
HB  4517
 
    For:
Barber, Kathy (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Hatcher, Johnny (Texas Department of Public Safety)
 
 
 
 
HB  4541
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Garza, Jerry (Webb County Commissioners Court)
 
 
Marcks, Aaron  (Self and DWI court,)
 
 
Medford, Leroy (Webb County)
 
 
Valdez, Danny (Webb County)